Pannonian dialect group

Map of regional groups of Slovene dialects

  Pannonian

The Pannonian dialect group (panonska narečna skupina), or northeastern dialect group, is a group of closely related dialects of Slovene. The Pannonian dialects are spoken in northeastern Slovenia (Prekmurje, in the eastern areas of Slovenian Styria), and among the Hungarian Slovenes.^[1]

Phonological and morphological characteristics

Among other features, this group is characterized by loss of pitch accent, non-lengthened short syllables, and a new acute on short syllables.^[2]

Individual dialects and subdialects

• Prekmurje dialect (prekmursko narečje, prekmurščina^[3]).^{[Note 1]}
• Slovene Hills dialect (goričansko narečje, goričanščina^[6])
• Prlekija dialect (prleško narečje, prleščina^[7])
• Haloze dialect (haloško narečje, haloščina^[8])

Notes

1. According to some researchers, the Prekmurje dialect is a regional literary language because it has a standardized grammar, a long history of separated development and a large number of written sources.^[4] However, this view is disputed.^[5]

References

1. "Karta slovenskih narečij z večjimi naselji" (PDF). Fran.si. Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
2. Toporišič, Jože. 1992. Enciklopedija slovenskega jezika. Ljubljana: Cankarjeva založba, p. 173.
3. Logar, Tine. 1996. Dialektološke in jezikovnozgodovinske razprave. Ljubljana: SAZU, p. 240.
4. Novak, Vilko (2006). Slovar stare knjižne prekmurščine (in Slovenian). Založba ZRC (SAZU). ISBN 961-6568-60-4.
5. Greenberg, Marc L. (2009). "Prekmurje Grammar as a Source of Slavic Comparative Material" (PDF). Slovenski jezik – Slovene Linguistic Studies. 7: 29–44.
6. Zorko, Zinka. 1994. "Panonska narečja." Enciklopedija Slovenija, vol. 8 (232–233). Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, p. 232.
7. Rigler, Jakob. 1986. Razprave o slovenskem jeziku. Ljubljana: Slovenska matica, p. 117.
8. Kolarič, Rudolf. 1956. "Slovenska narečja." Jezik in slovstvo 2(6): 247–254, p. 252.